Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > Terry Reedy wrote: > > > […] virtual collections can be infinite. > > Hmmm. I'm not sure I believe that. Can you enumerate all of the items > and see if there actually is an infinite number of them? I'll wait...
A mathematician should know better: you don't need to enumerate to demonstrate a collection is infinite. Provided, of course, that the collection is *virtual* — so virtual that it's not actually implemented on hardware :-) -- \ “If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you | `\ have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither | _o__) on your side, pound the table.” —anonymous | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
